Dissident Ayatollah to be executed on Monday

FDI Human Rights Action Alert: Dissident Ayatollah to be executed on Monday

News from FDI: June 22, 2007: Human Rights Action Alert; Regime vows to execute dissident Ayatollah Kazemini Borujerdi on Monday, June 25.Placed under house arrest in July 2007 after addressing a massive gathering of his followers, Borujerdi's family compound was assaulted by regime agents in October, who overpowered demonstrators who had gathered in his defense.Borujerdi fell afoul of the authorities for refusing to acknowledge the role of Islam in politics, and for his rejection of the doctrine of velayat-e fagih, absolute clerical rule. Associates say he has received support from Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Iraq, Ayatollah Vahid Khorassani, and Grand Ayatollah Sadegh Rouhani, also under house arrest in Iran (and the brother of FDI founding board member, Dr. Mehdi Rouhani), who so far have been powerless to win his freedom.More information and photographs at www.iran.org